Intellectuals and the search for national identity in twentieth-century Brazil

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Intellectuals and the search for national identity in twentieth-century Brazil

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Ronald H. Chilcote

Creator

• Chilcote, Ronald H.,
• Chilcote, Ronald H.,

Author

• Chilcote, Ronald H.,
• Chilcote, Ronald H.,

Subject

• Intellectuals -- Political activity -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
• National characteristics, Brazilian
• National characteristics, Brazilian
• Brazil -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• Nationalism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
• Political culture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
• Political culture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
• Nationalism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
• Brazil -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• HISTORY / Latin America / General
• Intellectuals -- Political activity -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil. This book discusses twentieth-century Brazilian political thought, arguing that while Rio de Janeiro intellectuals envisaged the state and the national bourgeoisie as the means to overcome dependency on foreign ideas and culture, Sao Paulo intellectuals looked to civil society and the establishment of new academic institutions in the search for national identity. Ronald H. Chilcote begins his study by outlining Brazilian intellectuals' attempt to transcend a sense of inferiority emanating from Brazilian colonialism and backwardness. Next, he traces the struggle for national identity in Rio de Janeiro through an account of how intellectuals of varying political persuasions united in search of a political ideology of national development. He then presents an analysis by Sao Paulo intellectuals on racial discrimination, social inequality, and class differentiation under early capitalism and industrialization. Lastly, the book concludes with a discussion on how Brazilian intellectuals challenged foreign thinking about development through the state and representative democratic institutions, in contrast to popular and participatory democratic practices. Ronald H. Chilcote is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is a founder and managing editor of the bimonthly journal Latin American Perspectives and is the author or editor of more than two dozen major books"--

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non fiction

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bibliography